You Been?" critics argue whether the character of Arnold Friend‚ clearly the story ’s antagonist‚ represents Satan in the story. Indeed‚ Arnold Friend is an allegorical devil figure for the main reason that he tempts Connie‚ the protagonist‚ into riding off with him in his car. Oates characterizes Arnold Friend at first glance as "a boy with shaggy‚ black hair‚ in a convertible jalopy painted gold"(581). She lets the reader know that Arnold is not a teenager when Connie begins to notice the
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Part 1:Rule of St. Benedict-10pts. Chapter 4: The tools for Goods Works Reflection: 1.) Choose 3 of the Tools of Good Works which you believe you are consistently applying to your life. Give examples of how you do these Good works. Renounce yourself in order to follow Christ. This was written in the book of Matthew 16:24 “Then said Jesus unto his disciples‚ If any man will come after me‚ let him deny himself‚ and take up his cross‚ and follow me.”And also it say this in the
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father of Western monasticism‚ Saint Benedict of Nursia is among the most influential of the early Medieval Christian saints. The founder of the original Benedictine monastery at Monte Cassino‚ Italy‚ Benedict is credited with composing the first true text for monastic rule of the Roman Catholic Church. Written during the decline of the Roman Empire and the nascent era of the Medieval papacy in Rome‚ the Regula Sancti Benedicti (c. 540; Rule of Saint Benedict) outlines the ideals of life in a religious
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Pope Benedict XVI Type of Ministry: Pope Benedict XVI was born with the name Joseph Alois Ratzinger. He was born on the 16th of April 1927 and is the current head of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the 265th pope. He became pope after the death of John Paul II‚ and was elected on April 19‚ 2005. He was born into a religious family‚ he was baptised on the day of his birth‚ and his brother‚ Georg Ratzinger is a priest. According to relatives‚ he had wanted to become
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Arnold repeatedly writes his sentences in a passive form in his poem. Additionally‚ he ends his sentences before the end of his complete thoughts. These enjambments that he uses make the new lines to start without a verb or subject‚ simply becoming clauses. This is to say that Arnold doesn’t continue his thoughts in one line unlike people who attempt to end up their thoughts with others avoiding an extended talk. This is to say that people prefer to stay alone talking in a limited way‚ whereas
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The Study of Poetry‚ which appeared in 1888 as the first entry of his Essays in Criticism‚ Second Series‚ presents Matthew Arnold’s case for the importance of poetry. According to Arnold‚ poetry is the criticism of life‚ “and the criticism of life will be of power in proportion as the poetry conveying it is excellent rather than inferior” (237). Arnold argues that the purpose of poetry is to interpret life‚ to explain meanings beyond our comprehension: “more and more mankind will discover that we
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classicism as well his views on grand poetic style . Arnold was classicist who loved art ‚ literature and Hellenic culture . His most famous piece of literary criticism is in his essay " The study of poetry ". In this workhe talks about poetry’s " high destiny " . He belives " mankind will discover that we have to turn poetry to interpret life for us ‚to console us ‚to sustain us " . Arnold lived in a materialistic world where advancement
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Jacob Sunday Calotes BSCE-1 My Perception of Saint Arnold Janssen Saint Arnold Janssen‚ S.V.D. (November 5‚ 1837 – January 15‚ 1909) was a Roman Catholic priest and missionary‚ and is venerated as a saint. He is best known for founding the Society of the Divine Word‚ a Roman Catholic missionary religious congregation‚ also known as the Divine Word Missionaries‚ as well as two congregations for women. Janssen was born in Goch‚ in the Rhineland‚ Germany‚ not far from the Dutch
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window before he died‚ and Arnold caught him. Arnold had a child named Victor‚ and his age was same with Thomas. Because of the fire killed Thomas’ parents‚ he was raised by his grandmother‚ and he had a strange personality. Arnold had an addiction to alcohol‚ and he would become violence after he got drunk. When Victor was 12 years old‚ Arnold left Victor and his wife because of a fighting with his wife. Thomas and Victor had never left their hometown until they knew that Arnold died. Suzy told Victor’s
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David Cano 3/1/2014 ENC1102 Arnold Friend = Devil? One of the big mysteries In Joyce Carol Oates’s “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?‚” Is Arnold Friend the devil or not. Arnold Friend portrays the devil in many ways. In the story‚ Arnold friend is the devil‚ he went to Connie’s house and tries to get her to go for a ride with him and his friend Elli Oscar so‚ he can rape and kill her. Arnold Friend is none other than the devil himself‚ which shows in his appearance‚ his speech‚ his
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